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    DULCIMER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammersplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("dulcimer" is a kind of...):

    cither; zither; zithern (a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three stringsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("dulcimer" is a kind of...):

    stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)

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